Monday, May 10, 2010

Another collection addiction

It all started with a beautiful old butter knife!

I found it a couple of years ago in a large bag of utensils given to me by my mother-in-law, that had belonged to her mother...Only one piece was old, but I caught the bug! I am completely smitten with antique silverware! (They are my latest obsession!)

I was so excited to find some more pieces last week to add to my growing collection! The owner of the little shop had a couple of containers of these, and I had so much fun going through them and picking out my favorites!

Now I found the ones above on the cheap~ all except the butter knife! (Some are older than others...) I have learned one of the secrets is to be patient when looking. I consider myself quite lucky indeed to find even two things at a time! (Unless you happen on a store where the owner is a collector herself!) And I have to admit, I love searching through random and mismatched utensils here and there and discovering something wonderfully timeworn! And the price is often a matter of pennies!

I love the way they look in this sweet vase I found at The Weed Patch, one of my favorite shops!

I was wrapping something with this twine, and noticed how good the color of it looked with the things next to it~ the red of the flowers, the white vase and aged silverware.

(I am going to have to find ways to introduce this color to our kitchen!)

Well, I hope that you had a fantastic Monday! I had better sign off now before it is Tuesday! :)

I love old silver too. I found my vintage, silverplated set (service for eight with serving pieces and iced tea spoons) for just $10! The pieces were in a shoebox at a garage sale and were completely black, but they polished up beautifully. The set is called "First Love," and it came out about 1939. I have since picked up more wonderful random pieces here and there. It doesn't matter to me one whit if things don't match. Isn't it fun? Yes, it's an addiction!

I agree~ we should shop there soon! Did you know they usually have longer hours on Thursdays? They are open until eight, as far as I know! Other stores in Country Village also keep longer hours on Thursdays, too. If you still want to get together tomorrow night, we could go there before we eat, if you want! (I won't complain!)

A favorite quote...

"Could we with ink, the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made. Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade...To write the love of God above would drain the oceans dry. Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky!" ~Originally by Frederick Lehman

He Said, She Said...

Once upon a time, a young couple went to look at a house for sale. "It's been unloved, that's obvious, but we can fix that," she said, planning to fix everything right away. "I can't see anything here that can't be fixed," He agreed, thinking of all the money they would save by fixing things themselves, and planning to take one project at a time. And so the couple bought their first house, each greatly underestimating the work that lay ahead... For the girl, from a long lineage of die-hard Fix-Its, and the boy, a descendant of the Most Frugals had met their match...for turning this house into a home would be no easy feat.